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When I was young, I loved a series of books by an author called Maud Hart Lovelace and the series, which is still around, I'm happy to say, is - they're the 'Betsy-Tacy' books.

— Judy Blume

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

The first Amy Silver book was commissioned, and they were not books that came completely from me. They weren't necessarily the sort of books I read, and although I enjoyed doing them very much, and they were great training, I never felt completely comfortable in that genre.

— Paula Hawkins

When I was young, all the books were about a Mary Jane and the football player and the prom and ending up with the quiet guy and making your mom happy.

— S. E. Hinton

I pretty much always wanted to write a series, because I love reading them.

— Marie Rutkoski

When I was growing up in the 1960s, there was starting to be more books geared towards young adults.

— Alison Bechdel

When I was little, my grandma used to get romance novels, and she would get hundreds of these, and she'd read a dozen a month.

— Chuck Palahniuk

When I was seven years old, I fell in love with a series published by Bobbs-Merrill called 'The Childhood of Famous Americans.' In it, historical figures like Clara Barton, Nancy Hanks, Elias Howe, Patrick Henry, and dozens more came to life for me as children.

— Ann Hood

At the time I wrote 'Forever,' I had a 14-year-old daughter, and she was reading a lot of books about young love.

— Judy Blume

✗Opposing Perspectives

Lloyd Alexander's tales were written and published when I was in diapers. Decades later, they remain utterly timeless for me. I cannot recommend them enough.

— James A. Moore

My favourite books series as a young child was the Frank L. Baum 'Wizard of Oz' series. They were beautifully written, oversized fat books with wonderful type and illustrations.

— Anita Shreve

I was still an avid reader of Mills & Boon romances - on publication day, I used to rush out of work to get to the local book store to grab my favourites before they all disappeared.

— Penny Jordan